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David Szanto
@dszanto.bsky.social
freelance academic in food studies, food performance artist, media consultant and podcaster, dinner-table arguer, cocktalian (the last two are interdependent)
The future is high-waisted. #madeleine #letempsregagné
February 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
2 of my favourite entities came together 2night to make me cry with joy a bit: #ChappellRoan + #CBCRadio. Her: articulate responses to poly-hegemony. Them: letting #her speak for #herself while also adding a layer of interpretation and praise for the artist. #rockon those who speak loud and clear.
February 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 1: Food Relationships
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with #philosopher Lisa Heldke, #entrepreneur Taylor Cocalis Suarez (#GoodFoodJobs), and #composer #artist Sandeep Bhagwati on the #foodquestionnaire
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December 1, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 2: Buying & Selling #Food and #Wine
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with #Montreal #Markets Director Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet, #winebar owner Tania Perreault, and the Hon. Sheila Malcolmson on the #foodquestionnaire... #chocolatecake anyone?
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December 1, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 3: Fat
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#fat #fatactivism #fatpolitics and #delicious #bodies (plus: tasting whipped #lardo!)
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with Jennifer Brady, Virgie Tovar, Deb Oleynik, and John Schreiner
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December 1, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 4: Systems in Conflict
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with Jane Clause, Zack Denfeld & Amita Kuttner PLUS a #fruitcake tasting and some thoughts on #militarytechnology in the kitchen
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December 1, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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MMI episode 5: Media, Tech, and AI
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With guests Signe Rousseau, Maaz Gardezi, and some odd Food Questionnaire responses from #ChatGPT) PLUS a #soylent tasting and some ideas about #foodporn and #celebritychefs.
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November 24, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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MMI episode 6: Kitchens
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With designer Hubert Taschereau and food scholar Alexia Moyer, as well as the savoury Food Questionnaire responses from artist Dawn Lee
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November 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingAMealPod)
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episode 107: Booze
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Time for a drink, I think! Alcoholic or non, cocktails offer a great opportunity to think about balance, generosity, and identity. And wine does the same for... yoga?
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Making a Meal of It - 107: Booze | RSS.com
This episode takes a few different perspectives on alcohol—including making, serving, drinking, and not drinking it—as well as the benefits, effects, and privileges associated with consuming wine and ...
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November 24, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by David Szanto
Bringing summer ☀️ back tomorrow for a friend’s birthday —she prefers light gin cocktails. We should also start a thread of favorite fall 🍁 cocktails! 🍸

The Verdant Lady
1 1/2 oz gin
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/6 oz Green Chartreuse
4 large mint leaves, + sprig for garnish
November 19, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 108: Eco-gastronomy
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This episode unpacks gastronomy and whether an idea like "eco-gastronomy" is too much when socio-political-environmental crises keep us focused on short-term needs.
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Making a Meal of It - 108: Eco-gastronomy | RSS.com
This episode unpacks gastronomy, including the way the concept has evolved in terms of meaning and practices. It also poses the question: Is the holism and complexity of an idea like eco-gastronomy to...
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November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 109: Restaurants
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On the design, politics, and economics of restaurants, with consumer behaviour expert Dr. Stephani Robson and chef-turned-social gastronomer Christophe Dubois.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 110: Fermentation
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This episode is about the dynamic, transformative, ancient, and contemporary process that is #fermentation. We also get into #feministtheory, the #queering of food, and taste in #zerogravity.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 111: Sweetness & (Dis)comfort
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Unpacking the sweet, sour, and bitter (?) taste of sugar with food marketing expert Jordan LeBel and pastry artist and entrepreneur, Sonya Sammut. (Jordan photo: Lisa Graves)
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November 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 112: Voices from the FLOW Project
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This special episode features 11 short conversations with participants in the FLOW Partnership, a seven-year international food systems research project.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 113: Meat & Power
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This episode is all about the meaty meatness of meat. Conversations with food scholar Julie Guthman and charcutier-and-butcher Phil Viens cut to the bone when it comes to politics, technocracy, artisanship, and trust.
November 19, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Making a Meal of It #foodpodcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 114: Fish & Sustainability
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All fish and fisheries + the fluid and dynamic ways that things change when water and humans meet. Guests include researcher Kristen Lowitt and pisciculture entrepreneur Nicolas Paquin.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Making a Meal of It podcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 115: Mushrooms
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Mushrooms are the magical focus of this episode, though we only just touch the tip of their mycelial majesty. Guest include fungus entrepreneurs Nanae Watabe and Judith Noel Gagnon.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Making a Meal of It podcast (@MakingaMealPod)
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episode 116: Pudding—Season 1 ends on a sweet note and a proposition for using pudding as an icon for systemic change. Guests include food scientist Richard Hartel and saucissier-philosopher Nick Amberg.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Blue skies all around. May things get brighter and clearer.
November 15, 2024 at 6:55 PM